Shirt pressing attachment for pressing machines



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SHIRT PRESSING ATTACHMENT FOR PRESSVING MACHINES Filed May 4, 1927 3 sheets-sneer 5 I NV EN TOR.

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Fatented ec. l, 1931 UNITED Is-Ta'ras PATENT OFFICE ALBERT B. OLISSON, F SE, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO PROSPmITY COMPANY, DTC., 0F SYBVACUSE, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION 0F NEW" YORK SHIRT PRESSTNG ATTACHMENT FOB PRESSING'-MACHINES Application led Hay 4, 1927. Serial No. 188,673.

This invention relates to pressing machines and has for its object a particularly simple and efficient means for pressing the neck yoke of shirts While the neck band is being held [59 by a neck band holder and While the shirt j front and back and if desired the sleeves are being pressed, or in other words it has for its object a pressing machine in which the entire shirt is pressed on a machine which is jg@ equally Well adapted for general purposes.

4The invention 'consists in the novel features and in the combinations and the constructions hereinafter set forth and claimed.

In describing this invention reference is w had to the accompanying drawlngs in which like characters designate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figures 1 and 2 are fragmentary perspective views of a pressing machine embodying 55e my invention.

Figure 3 is a plan view of the detached neck band holder.

Figure a is an elevation of parts seen in Figure 3. 2j@ Figure 5 is a sectional view taken on llne -5, Figure 3.

Figure 6 is a detail view of parts of the mechanism for operating the neck band clamp.

Shirts are pressed primarily for their appearance in the package and insofar as comfort and appearance on the wearer 1s concerned, a mere smoothin out or pressing operation is sufficient. owever, in pressing shirts in order to give them a neat appear-` ance in the package, the fronts and backs with their neck yokes are pressed in two special operations and on different machines and one of the features that contributes 'to the appearance of the shirt in the package is the pressing of the neck oke which. is visible, when the shirt is fol ed, through the neck band. x

My invention has for its object a pressing machine which can be used for general purposes and also forpressing shirts including the neck yoke at one operation.

rlhe machine includes the usual frame on which a buck is suitably supported and a head movable in any suitable manner toward and from the buck, the buck having a padding thereon and a neck yoke ironing plate overlying the padding and connected to the buck through the padding and also a neck band clamp shiftable into and out of position overlying the plate.

l designates the frame of the machine and 2 the buck which is mounted thereon in any suitable manner. The buck is usually heated and is overlaid with a resilient pad 3 which includes a wrapper or overlying layer of fabric 4.

5 is a plate in the general form of a neck yoke of a shirt overlying the fabric 4 of the padding centrally ofthe buck at one end thereof, and having a stem- 6 extending through the padding and into the buck. The stem 6 is slidable in the buck so that the plate 5 may partake of any yielding movement of the padding and the stem 6 also provides a connection between the buck and the plate to conduct the heat of the buck to the plate to keep the plate hot. The plate is also formed With a pin 6a which enters a hole in the buck, the pin coacting with the stem 6 to properly .locate the plate 5 relatively to the buck 2.

7 is a neck band holder which consists of 'a body and an expander 8 movable toward and from the body in order to fit neck bands of different diameter. The expander 8 is spring pressed and has a sleeve 9 slidable in a guide 10 in the body against the action of a spring l1. The expander is held in its adjusted position by a latch 12 pivoted to the body and normally engaging a passage or. notch 13 on the expander. After the body is placed in the neck band the latch is tripped by the operator to release the expander so that it is pressed outwardly by its springto draw the neck band tight. The expander is reset by hand into engagement with the latch. This latch 12 can be released by vgripping the carriage supporting the neck band holder and in gripping such carriage, the foreiinger or the thumb of the hand will press against the downturned part of the latch 12 and trip the same.

14 is the movable carriage supporting the neck band holder and shiftable to carry the neck band holder into and out of position over the plate 5. The carriage is an arm .formed with a stop arm 19 engaging a part 2O on the support when the poppet is in alinement with the depression. The carriage 14 is shown-as provided with a hook 14a located over the neck band holder 7, this hook being for the purpose of holding the ends or Haps of collars on shirts having attached collars while the shirt is being pressed. In pressing shirts with attached collars, the collars are made to stand up straight and to keep the front or flap ends from getting in the way of the head of the machine when the head is flzlosing, said aps are tucked under the hook A machine having the buck 2 may be used as a general purpose machine for pressing generally and when shirts are to be pressed, the shirt can be laid with the back thereof on the buck and with the neck yoke overlying the plate 5. The neck band holder can be swung into position within the neck band and the ends of the neck band buttoned together and the neck band holder expanded totit the neck band. During the ressing operation when the head is brought own on the buck, the neck yoke due to the heated plate 5 is pressed, giving the shirt a neat appearance in the package although probably not as neat as the special machines used for pressing high grade expensive shirts, although neat enough for the cheaper grades of shirts.

Preferably, the neck band holder also includes another form of neck band clamp used interchangeably with the expander 8 and not re uiring that the ends of the neck band 6 be uttoned together. Some shirts with collars attached have buttons that can be used to secure the ends of the neck band around the holder. In other shirts a collar button must be used. The clamp about to be described is to eliminate the use of the collar button. This neck band clamp is in the form of a loop 24 having its ends secured to a block 25 which is pivoted at 26 to the upper end of uprights 27 which in turn are pivoted at 28 to lugs on the standards 16. The neck band clamp thus has a right and left swinging movement due to the movement of the uprlghts 27, and also an up and down movement due to the swinging of the loop 24 about its axis 26. These movements are effected by a. handle 29 and suitablemotion is connected to an arm 45 which is connected to the upright 27 The link 32 extends lengthwise through an angular arm 35 on the upright 27 and has a spring 36 encircling the same thrusting at one end against an abutment 37 on the link 32 and at its other end against an abutment 38 slidable on the link and arranged to come against a wall or shoulder 39 at the outer end of said arm 35 after the loop 24 has been swung down into horizontal position on the buck, the link 32 sliding through this wall 39. rlhe link 33 is in two sections, one a rod 40 slidable in a sleeve 41. A tension spring 42 encircles the rod 40 within the sleeve 41 and is fixed at its upper end to the sleeve and at its lower end to the rod. The third arm of the lever 31 has a rod pivoted at 44 thereto which extends downwardly through an arm 45 at the lower end l l of the upright 27. A spring cushioning 46v is interposed between the lower sidev of said arm 45 and nut 47 on the rod 43, and a spring 48 encircles the rod 43 and thrusts against the upper side of the arm 45 and against the abutment at the upper end of the rod 43.

In operation, when the loop .24 is to be used, the carriage 14 is irst swung downwardly over the plate or into the neck band of the shirt. The handle 29 is then moved from its position shown in Figure 1 to that shown in Figure 2. The first movement of the handle swings the upright 27 upwardly and also at the same-time, swings the loop 24 downwardly and at the start of this operation, a stop nut 50 at the outerv end of the link 32 is against the wall 39. The motion of the handle 29 is transferred to the part 45 through the spring 48 on the rod 43. The loop 24 comes down onto the shirt approximately one-half inch away 'from the body 7 of the neck band holder or the neck band thereon and at about the time this occurs, the spring abutment 38 comes against the wall 39 and `tensions the spring 36. Further movement 31 passes below the center of the shaft on which the handle 29is mounted and locks toggle fashion. Also, the link or rod 43 or the upper end thereof moves from one side to the other of a Vertical plane a dead center line containing the axis of the shaft on which the handle E29 is mounted and further locks the parts in their operated position, the spring 46 acting as a. cushioning or compensating spring to permit this movement o the link i To reset the parts, the lever 29 is moved upwardly from its position shown in Figure 2 when the reverse of this operation takes place.

The construction of the neck band holder here shown, forms no part ofthis invention.

`What I claim is:

l. A- pressing machine including a buck having a padding thereon, a neck yoke pressing plate on the padding, a neck band holder shiftable into and out of position over the neck yoke plate with the neck yoke interposed between the neck band holder and the plate.

2. A pressing machine including a buck, a neckband holder including a body and a moveration, the plate having a stem extending hrugh the padding and contacting with the In testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my name at Syracuse, in the county of Onond a, in the State of New York, this 27th day o April, 1927.

ALBERT B. CLISSON.

able clamp for clamping a neckband against the body, a support for the neckband holder beyond one end of the buck, means for shifting the body and clamp of the neckband holder relatlvely to the support entirely clear of and beyond the edge o the buck.

3. A pressing machine including a buck, the buck having padding thereon, a metallic ironing plate overlying the padding, a neck band holder, a support for the neck band holder beyond one end of the buck, means for moving the neck band holder entirely clear of the buck and beyond one end thereof and shifting it into a position overlying the plate whereby the plate irons the neck yoke of a shirt while the neck band holder is in position to hold the neck band.

4. A pressngmachine including a. buck, a support at one end of the buck, a neck band holder including a body pivoted to the su port and movable on its ivot to move t e neck band holder into an out of a position overlying the buck, the neck band holder also including a clamp in the form of a loo carried by the support andmovable towar and from the body to clamp the neck band4 against the body and also movable upwardly and downwardly relatively to the body into and out of clamping position with the body and means carried by the support for operating the clamp into and out of clamping coaction with the body, the body lo the neck band holder being shiftable on its pivot into and outo a position overlying the buck independently of the clamp.

5. yThe combination with a collar and neck band holder for pressing machines having a buck with a pad ing thereon, of a pressing 

